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Taliban 'Narco Terrorist' Convicted in US Court

Afghan plotted to use drug profits to fight US

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(Newser) – A Taliban militant has become the first person convicted under a "narco-terrorism" provision of the Patriot Act, Reuters reports. The Afghan man was busted by DEA agents for plotting to ship heroin to the US and use the proceeds to buy weapons to use against American and coalition forces. He was brought to the US last year to stand trial, and now faces 20 years to life in prison.

A U.S. soldier of the 101st Airborne Division smells an opium flower during a patrol with Afghan police in Tani district of Khost province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 16, 2008.
A U.S. soldier of the 101st Airborne Division smells an opium flower during a patrol with Afghan police in Tani district of Khost province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 16, 2008.   (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
An Afghan policeman carries a rocket propelled granade to defend again Taliban attacks at an opium poppy field on April 1, 2006 near Lashkar Gah in the Helmand province of southern Afghanistan.
An Afghan policeman carries a rocket propelled granade to defend again Taliban attacks at an opium poppy field on April 1, 2006 near Lashkar Gah in the Helmand province of southern Afghanistan.
US soldiers inspect a cache of opium that was seized at a border police station on the outskirts of Herat late last year.
US soldiers inspect a cache of opium that was seized at a border police station on the outskirts of Herat late last year.   (Getty Images)
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